Hanoi aims for job training for all disabled by 2020

Hanoi is striving to generate
jobs for all people with disabilities at the working age in the city by
2020, planning a yearly investment of 2-3 billion VND (41,000 USD) in
vocational training for them.

In the other moves, the city
will make it easier for the disabled to access loans from banks and
other funds to run their own business and help 70 percent of them gain
access to information technology and communications.

According to the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee, the city will also
focus on improving the working conditions for disabled people and
organising monthly job placement events for them.
In the
meantime, it is working on support mechanisms for businesses that employ
up to 10 disabled people or workshops with 30 percent of its employment
being people with disabilities.

According to official
statistics, people living with disabilities make up 15.3 percent of
Vietnam’s 90-million population.

Insufficient education and
training have hindered the disadvantaged people from landing stable jobs
and regular incomes. Up to 80 percent of the disabled depend on their
families, relatives and social allowances to survive.-VNA